Opinion – Michael Adams: The Commonwealth can and should make civic education a priority
The test results are in, and Kentucky is barely passing when it comes to civic health. Civic education is desperately…
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Opinion – Amye Bensenhaver: As we celebrate Sunshine week 2024, all is not bright in Kentucky
Appropriately, the sun is shining brightly in Kentucky on the first day of Sunshine Week 2024, the nation’s annual celebration…
Joe Heller: A cartoonist’s look at week’s news — Spring ahead, ballots, every four years, tax time
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion — Al Cross: Why is McConnell supporting Trump? It’s business.
Are you trying to understand why Mitch McConnell would endorse Donald Trump for president, after blaming Trump for provoking the…
Opinion – Bill Straub: McConnell endorses the Rapist; can’t help but wonder what’s gone wrong
It’s finally official – the heralded and brilliant Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell thinks The Rapist should be elected president…
Opinion – Sarah Vanover: Horizons Act — Senate Bill 203 — would give early childhood education stability
As Kentucky approaches the end of the federal fiscal year in September 2024, a potential child care crisis is looming…
Opinion – Teri Carter: Rush is on to arm volunteer ‘guardians’ in schools but bill protecting kids ignored
According to research gathered by Sandy Hook Promise, “An estimated 4.6 million American children live in a home where at least one…
Opinion – Liam Niemeyer: 10,000 Kentuckians marched for racial equality; my grandmother was one of them
I never got a chance to ask my grandmother about what March 5, 1964 was like for her. What she…
Opinion – Al Cross: McConnell gives way to Trump, but will he still endorse him?
When Mitch McConnell announced Wednesday that he would not run again for Senate Republican leader, he tacitly acknowledged that he…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of week’s news: Leap Year, embryos, Trump vs. Haley, global warming
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – Stephen Voss: Whatever a Biden-Trump rematch brings, most of us won’t like it
Americans have become accustomed to picking the lesser of two evils when we vote. Political participation these days is as much…
Opinion – Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell’s period of reign most ‘consequential’ in recent Senate history
The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution lasted less than a year. Mitch McConnell’s tenure as Senate Republican leader,…
Opinion – Mitch McConnell: Stepping down; now is time for next generation of leadership in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Wednesday on the Senate floor regarding his decision to…
Opinion – Mitch McConnell: Sobering lessons have been drawn from Russian aggression in Ukraine
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Tuesday on the Senate floor regarding the anniversary of…
Opinion – John Schickel: SB 14 secures a fair and just environment for Kentucky’s small businesses
As Senate Licensing and Occupations chair, my focus has always been supporting Kentucky’s small businesses. On Friday, the state Senate…
Opinion – Vanessa Gallman: What’s driving attacks on books, diversity, history? Fear of losing control
Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. It’s hard to accept that such lofty principles, known as DEI, are part of some sinister plot…
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of week’s news — misinformation, sneakers, Putin, potholes
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid…
Opinion – With antisemitism on the rise, we must support Kentucky’s teachers in holocaust education
By Dr. Janice W. Fernheimer, Dr. Karen Petrone and Jeff Polson University of Kentucky Antisemitism has been on the rise…
Opinion – Bill Straub: James Comer’s empty talk about accountability; he has a lot of explaining to do
Rep. Jamie Comer loves to talk about accountability. He loves accountability so much he even learned to spell it. It’s…
Opinion – Wes Cottongim: Kentucky can do better and must; legislature should fund teacher raises
After lunch, I sat down to answer emails. To no surprise, my inbox had messages regarding the current legislative session…
Opinion – Mitch McConnell: National security bill is a major investment in American strength and credibility
This year marks four decades since President Reagan’s landslide reelection victory in 1984, and my first election to the U.S….
Opinion – Howard Whiteman: Electric, hybrid vehicle fees should benefit environment, not infrastructure
By Howard Whiteman Murray State University “Is this vehicle a hybrid?” the nice young lady at the county clerk’s office…